(57) In a public telecommunication network present within a vast territory there is established a virtual private AMR-VPN network for remote supervision, reading and control of intelligent consumption meters of distributed goods, said network being supported by an information system for performing public value added telecommunication services. Intelligent goods consumption meters are equipped with a suitable communication interface and are connected to the information system for performing said functions via said virtual private AMR-VPN network.
Advantageously, a program for controlling the measurement and tariffing of the said intelligent meters is stored in a microcontroller of a communication module comprising a standard communication interface for bidirectional communication. This program also includes functions of processing the measurement data, storing the data and the results, displaying the measurement results, registering alarm states and processing input and output signals.
The processed measurement data, stored data and results and the data on alarm states flow just within a single microcontroller, which increases the operation reliability of the said intelligent meter and extends the mean time between failures (MTBF).
A user is allowed to freely select a provider, thus getting the best conditions and adequate services in the provision of goods; an efficient market deregulation is made possible. The public telecommunication network in the territory enables a simple, fast and adaptable connection between a goods distributor and the users, who choose such connection and at the same time the users can freely select the distributor's value added services.